Wesfarmers reveals final Coles board members

Wesfarmers has announced the three final members of the board that will oversee its Coles supermarket chain as an independent business, raiding talent from the banking, packaging and materials sectors.

Ms Stops has been a Commonwealth Bank director since 2015, joined the board of software company Altium this year, and has been an executive in IT and consulting for the past 16 years.

Ms Cleland has been a director of packaging company Orora since 2014 and this year joined the boards of Sydney Airport and Computershare. Prior to that, she ran a business advisory firm and was managing director at KordaMentha's management consultancy, 333.

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Mr Todorcevski has been a director at cement company Adelaide Brighton since early 2017 and chairman since May this year, and was appointed to the board of casino operator Star Entertainment in October 2017.

He has previously been CFO at Brambles and Oil Search, and worked at BHP from 1986 to 2009.

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“The shareholders of Coles will have an outstanding team of directors to oversee their company and guide and support Coles’ senior management," Wesfarmers chair Michael Chaney said in a statement.

“This is a board that brings together an ideal mix of relevant and leading marketplace experience,”Mr Graham said.

“With backgrounds including international retail and fast moving consumer goods,digital trends and technology, corporate finance and strategy, supply chains and logistics, it provides a board of calibre and contemporary skills required for the dynamic Coles business environment."